Universal TV Remote: Relay

📺 Lost your TV remote again? Turn your phone into a universal TV remote that controls every smart TV in the house — over Wi-Fi, in seconds.

Relay is a universal TV remote for Samsung, LG, Sony Bravia, Roku, Vizio SmartCast, Xiaomi Mi TV, TCL, Hisense, Sharp, Philips, Android TV and Google TV — one app, every brand. No IR blaster required, no proprietary hub, no account, no login. Point, tap, control your television.

🎯 Bonus USP: send a specific YouTube video from your phone straight to your TV with a single tap. No more hunt-and-peck through the on-screen D-pad keyboard.

What Relay does

📱 Full D-pad, OK, Back, Home, volume, mute, playback and power for every supported television
🚀 App shortcuts: launch Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube, Hulu, Spotify and more with one tap
▶️ Send a YouTube video from your phone directly to the TV — deep-linked to the exact video, not just "open the app"
📡 Auto-discovery: SmartCast + DIAL + SSDP scan finds every television on your Wi-Fi and labels them by brand
🎛️ Manual IP entry for hidden TVs or non-broadcasting models
🌙 Dark, tactile interface built for late-night couch use — no bright white glare
🏠 Multiple paired TVs — pair one per room, switch active TV in one tap from a top-bar chip
🔐 100% on-device — nothing about your TV or watch history leaves your phone

Every supported TV brand

Eleven real TV protocols — not a wrapper that claims "supports 100 brands" and only works on two. Samsung Tizen (2016+), LG WebOS (2014+), Sony Bravia (PSK), Roku (incl. TCL / Hisense / Sharp / Onn Roku sets), Vizio SmartCast (2018+), Xiaomi Mi TV / Mi Box / Mi Stick, TCL / Hisense / Sharp / Philips Android TV, and any Android TV / Google TV device — Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA Shield, Nokia, OnePlus.

How it works

1️⃣ Open Relay. It scans your Wi-Fi for televisions — most show up automatically.
2️⃣ Tap your TV. Follow the on-screen prompt (accept on the TV for Samsung / LG, a 6-digit code for Android TV / Xiaomi / TCL / Hisense / Sharp / Philips, a 4-digit PIN for Vizio, or nothing at all for Roku).
3️⃣ Start using it. Every button on the on-screen remote lands on your television in under a second.

Perfect for

✅ Anyone with a missing, broken, or lost TV remote
✅ Households with multiple smart TVs across brands
✅ Anyone tired of typing YouTube searches with a D-pad
✅ Renters, dorms, hotels — anywhere the "real" remote isn't yours

Why Relay

Most universal TV remote apps handle one or two brands, or claim many and quietly fall back to one. Relay speaks eleven native protocols — so your phone controls every TV in the house without switching apps.

Free with ads. No login, no account. The ad-supported tier caps interstitials at 60 seconds apart — ads never interrupt every tap. No first-launch paywall. Full remote control works on the free tier, forever.

Premium (optional) — two ways to unlock

Premium removes ads, adds a home-screen widget, a Quick Settings tile, and unlimited paired TVs. Pick the option that fits you:

⭐ Yearly — $9.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime before the trial ends in Google Play → Subscriptions and you pay nothing. Auto-renews yearly after the trial unless cancelled.

🔓 Lifetime — one-time $19.99. Pay once, keep it forever, never see a subscription. Best for people who hate recurring bills.

No aggressive paywalls, no trial-gated onboarding, no upsell every session — Premium is a genuine upgrade, not a wall.

Privacy

Everything runs on your phone. No login, no account. Paired TVs and settings live only on your device. The only data that leaves your phone is what Google's AdMob sends on the free tier (advertising ID + coarse location).

Need help? Email [email protected] — we read every message.

Relay works over Wi-Fi — phone and TV must be on the same network. Pre-2013 TVs that need an IR blaster aren't supported (Relay is a smart TV remote, not an infrared one).